Dr. King–A Visionary for the Ages

What I find most remarkable about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is his vision. This champion of social equality and economic parity possessed an unparalleled penchant for timeless, incisive, inspirational prose. More than anyone, Dr. King elevated our discussions of...

Dr. John Hope Franklin Quiz

DR. JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN Know the History; Know the Historian On March 25, 2009, America lost a trailblazing historian and scholar in the person of Dr. John Hope Franklin. At the time of his death, Dr. Franklin, a noted academician, was the John B. Duke Professor...

Oklahoma’s All-Black Towns (Quiz)

OKLAHOMA’S ALL-BLACK TOWNS Test Your Knowledge of Oklahoma’s All-Black Towns. Take This quiz. You May Be Surprised At What You Don’t Know. 1.      List two criteria used to determine whether a community constitutes an “all-Black town.”...

AS IF

As if shackles never fastened. As if lashes never pierced. As if slip knots never hanged. As if fire never charred. As if bullets never silenced. As if separate were equal. As if Jim never crowed. As if we moved with all deliberate speed. As if our rights came...

Black Wall Street

Black Wall Street by Hannibal B Johnson Greenwood Avenue, a.k.a. Black Wall Street, In the Oil Capital of the World. Entrepreneurs and innovators, Black men; black women. Bold. Visionary. Of national renown. Doctors and lawyers, Musicians and morticians, Theaters,...